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About Fairware

http://open.hardcoded.net/about/ Free as in speech, Fair as in trade "Fairware" is a term I coined in 2010 to designate open source development of software targeting a wide audience (typically published in the form of "Shareware" in the proprietary world) with expectation of fair compensation from users.

www.apache.org/licenses/example-NOTICE.txt

http://www.apache.org/licenses/example-NOTICE.txt ========================================================================= == Example NOTICE file for use with the Apache License, Version 2.0, == == in this case for the Apache httpd-2.0 distribution. == ========================================================================= Apache HTTP Server Copyright 1999-2006 The Apache Software Foundation This product includes software developed at The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
Privacy rules and guidance come from many different places: regulators, state statutes, federal statutes, and courts. When web companies get sued in court over alleged privacy violations, the lawsuit almost always takes the form of a class action – where many plaintiffs join forces accusing a company of doing them a similar wrong.

Avoid A Class Action Lawsuit with a Single Clause - UpCounsel Blog

http://blog.upcounsel.com/startups-can-avoid-a-class-action-lawsuit-with-a-single-clause/
If you are an app developer with a live, or about to be released app, these past couple months have been important from a legal liability perspective. http://blog.upcounsel.com/legal-actions-every-app-developer-should-take-right-now/

2 Legal Actions Every App Developer Should Take Right Now - UpCounsel Blog

http://500px.com/terms Store If you choose to register to use the 500px Store (the “Store”) the following terms and conditions apply in addition to the general Terms. Throughout these Terms, a reference to the ‘purchase’ or ‘sale’(or similar words) of Store Images (as defined below) means the purchase or sale of a Customer License (as defined below) to use a Store Image.

Terms of Service

Choose from six categories to download the key legal forms that you will need to start and grow your company. Corporate Formation Documents (Delaware Corporation) Incorporation Questionnaire Certificate of Incorporation Bylaws Action by Written Consent of Incorporator Initial Organizational Resolutions of the Board of Directors SS-4 and Filing Instructions to Obtain an EIN Founders' Stock Purchase Documents http://www.orrick.com/practices/corporate/emergingCompanies/startup/forms_index.asp

Start-Up Forms Library - Orrick Start-Up Tool Kit

The gist: We (the folks at Automattic ) run a blog and web site hosting service called WordPress.com and would love for you to use it. Our basic service is free, and we offer paid upgrades for advanced features such as domain hosting and extra storage. Our service is designed to give you as much control and ownership over what goes on your site as possible and encourage you to express yourself freely. However, be responsible in what you publish. In particular, make sure that none of the prohibited items listed below appear on your site or get linked to from your site (things like spam, viruses, or hate content). http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

Terms of Service — WordPress.com

http://automattic.com/privacy/

Privacy Policy — Automattic

Your privacy is critically important to us. At Automattic we have a few fundamental principles: We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.